dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 6:49 pm – 6:20 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday, Oct 8
no visible passes
Friday, Oct 9
dark 6:46 pm – 6:21 am
7:27 pmto 7:29 pm · 2 min
S → S, highest 14° Sappears south at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 2
7:34 pmto 7:35 pm · 1 min
SSW → S, highest 16° Sappears south-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:44 pmto 7:45 pm · 1 min
SSW → SSW, highest 17° SSWappears south-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Saturday, Oct 10
dark 6:45 pm – 6:21 am
6:44 pmto 7:03 pm · 19 min
SSE → SE, highest 18° SSEappears south-southeast at 14°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 20
7:32 pmto 7:35 pm · 3 min
SW → S, highest 24° Sappears southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
7:44 pmto 7:45 pm · 1 min
SW → SSW, highest 23° SSWappears southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:58 pmto 8:00 pm · 1 min
WSW → SW, highest 19° SWappears west-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Sunday, Oct 11
dark 6:44 pm – 6:22 am
6:43 pmto 6:44 pm · 1 min
ESE → ESE, highest 17° ESEappears east-southeast at 17°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
6:56 pmto 7:22 pm · 26 min
SW → ESE, highest 36° SSEappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 22
7:37 pmto 7:40 pm · 3 min
WSW → SSW, highest 34° SSWappears west-southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 2
7:55 pmto 7:56 pm · 1 min
WSW → WSW, highest 21° WSWappears west-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Monday, Oct 12
dark 6:43 pm – 6:23 am
6:57 pmto 7:02 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 42° Sappears west-southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:16 pmto 7:46 pm · 30 min
WSW → ESE, highest 63° Sappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 24
Tuesday, Oct 13
dark 6:42 pm – 6:23 am
6:44 pmto 6:49 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 52° Sappears west-southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:16 pmto 7:19 pm · 4 min
WSW → ESE, highest 70° SSEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
7:36 pmto 8:05 pm · 28 min
W → WSW, highest 66° WSWappears west at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 24
Wednesday, Oct 14
dark 6:41 pm – 6:24 am
6:40 pmto 6:55 pm · 15 min
E → E, highest 72° Sappears east at 36°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 9
6:57 pmto 7:02 pm · 4 min
W → E, highest 77° Sappears west at 10°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
7:34 pmto 7:36 pm · 3 min
W → W, highest 70° Wappears west at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
7:52 pmto 8:15 pm · 23 min
W → W, highest 26° Wappears west at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 17
Magnitude is an estimate (lower = brighter; 3 is easy, 5 needs a dark sky). Predictions for satellites that are still raising their orbits can shift by a few minutes from one update to the next; check again before you go out. How we compute this.
Seeing Starlink from Crestview
Crestview is at 30.8°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:49 pm until 6:20 am. A Starlink satellite only shows when it is still in sunlight while you are in darkness, so the passes bunch up in the first hours after dusk and the last hours before dawn, not around midnight.
Over the next 8 nights we found 20 visible passes (20 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 11 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Wednesday, Oct 14 at 6:57 pm: it appears in the west, climbs to 77° in the south and fades in the east at about magnitude 2.5.
The passes come from these launches:
2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–315 km up): 20 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Crestview while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Crestview?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Saturday, Oct 10 at 7:32 pm, looking southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Crestview?
Friday, Oct 9 at 7:27 pm: 2 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 14°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Crestview?
This week most passes appear in the west-southwest or west. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.